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The Associate (1979) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1979 · 94 mins · French
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- Directed by
- René Gainville
- Starring
- Michel Serrault, Judith Magre, Vadim Glowna, Olga Valéry, Claudine Auger, Jean Martin
Facing unemployment, an investor invents a fictitious business partner to revive his failing enterprise. The imagined ally soon drives the company to unexpected success, and his wife declares she loves the unseen partner while his son wishes the partner were his father. In a bid to regain control, the man stages the “murder” of his phantom associate and is arrested for the alleged killing.
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